Aurélien Scholl (July 13, 1833 in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

April 16, 1902), was a French author and journalist. He was successively editor of '' Le Voltaire'' and of ''

L'Écho de Paris ''L'Écho de Paris'' () was a daily newspaper in Paris from 1884 to 1944. The paper's editorial stance was initially conservative and nationalistic, but it later became close to the French Social Party. Its writers included Octave Mirbeau, Hen ...

''. He wrote largely for the theatre, as well as a number of novels dealing with Parisian life. He was included in the painting '' Music in the Tuileries'', by Manet, as one of the ''

flâneur () is a type of urban male "stroller", "lounger", "saunterer", or "loafer". This French term was popularized in the 19th century and has some nuanced additional meanings (including as a loanword into various languages, including English). ...

s'' of the day.

Works

*''Lettres à Mon Domestique'' (1854) *''L'Outrage'' (1867) *''Fleurs d'Adultère'' (1880) *''L'Orgie Parisienne'' (1883) *''La Farce Politique'' (1887) *''Les Ingénues de Paris'' (1893) *''Denise'' (1894) *''Tableaux Vivants'' (1896) *''Les petits papiers. Comédie en un acte'' (1897) *''L'esprit d'Aurelien Scholl'' (1925) edited by Léon Treich

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1833 births 1902 deaths Writers from Bordeaux 19th-century French novelists French journalists 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French male novelists 19th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers Date of death unknown {{France-writer-stub